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Lhasa

城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།
Lhasa-dz-zh.svg

Chengguan
District
城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས
From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Country  China
Region Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level city Lhasa
Government
 • Type District (China)
Area
 • District 525 km2 (203 sq mi)
 • Urban
77.88 km2 (30.07 sq mi)
Elevation
3,656 m (11,995 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • District 279,074
 • Density 531.6/km2 (1,377/sq mi)
 • Major Ethnic groups
Tibetan; Han; Hui
 • Languages
Tibetan Mandarin Jin language (Hohhot dialect)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
850000
Area code(s) 891

Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.

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  • Lhasa gateway 1905

    Lhasa's (western gate)- the Tibetans called this chorten, Pargo Kaling pictured here at the time of the 1904 British expedition to Tibet was destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the March 10th, 1959 Tibetan uprising and flight of the 14th Dalai Lama.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-07-089, Tibetexpedition, Mönche mit Blasinstrumenten

    1938 Lhasa with the Potala as seen from the roof of Men-Tsee-Khang or Tibetan Medical College founded by the 13th Dalai Lama

  • Lhasa, Tibet

    Lhasa sits in a flat river valley

  • Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery

    Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery. The Potala Palace rises above the old city.

  • Map of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region in 1973 detail, from- NH-46-9 Lasa Tibet (cropped)

    Map including Lhasa (DMA, 1973)

  • Chengguan District sketch map png

    The built-up area (pink) within the Chengguan District (yellow)

  • View over Lhasa. 1993

    View over Lhasa. 1993

  • IMG 0996 Lhasa Barkhor

    An elderly Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel on the street in Chengguan District, Lhasa

  • Mendicant monk in Lhasa, 1993

    Mendicant monk in Chengguan District, Lhasa

  • Mother & son playing lute. Lhasa 1993

    Woman with son busking in Chengguan District, Lhasa, 1993

  • Banak Shöl HotelLhasa

    Banak Shöl Hotel

  • Potala Palace, August 2009

    The Potala Palace

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-12-09-14, Tibetexpedition, Wirtschaftsgebäude des Potala

    Inner and outer Zhol Village as seen from the Potala Palace in 1938.

  • Tibet-5540 (2624909770)

    Norbulingka

  • Jokhang Square, the first destination or drop-off for most tourists

    Jokhang Square

  • Old Barkhor street

    Old Barkhor street, 1993.

  • Ramoche-Tempel Schuh 2007

    Ramoche Temple

  • Tibet Museum1

    Tibet Museum

  • Tibet Peaceful Liberation Monument, Potala Square

    Tibet Peaceful Liberation Monument, Potala Square

  • Potala image in bar

    Bar in Lhasa with image of Potala on wall; 1993

  • Tibet University Auditorium (2007)

    Tibet University Auditorium (2007)

  • Lhasatrainstation shu

    Lhasa railway station

  • Lhasa airport

    Lhasa Gonggar Airport

  • Lhasa from Potala place

    Mainstreet

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